in the wake of
national soccer team
Successfully advancing to the Big 12, the current season's
China Super League (soccer league)
How the league rationalizes its remaining fixtures is in the spotlight. Recently, the Chinese
national soccer team
The senior management of the Association, the coach and management team, as well as the preparatory group of the working alliance are actively discussing solutions. According to a reporter from Beiqing-Beijing Headlines.
national soccer team
The coaching team has put forward the proposal to start the preparation training for the Top 12 tournament in advance, and get the Chinese
national soccer team
The clear support of the association. As the first six rounds of the 12-team tournament are concentrated in September, October and November, unless the international players are absent, the
China Super League (soccer league)
The league will not be able to complete all 30 rounds of matches even across the year. Regarding the "Option B" of whether the schedule could be reduced to 22 rounds, there is also a certain degree of difficulty from the practical point of view. Therefore, the idea of "halving the league's schedule to 15 rounds of single round-robin matches" was put forward during the discussion.
national soccer team
While the news of advancing to the Round of 12 is certainly encouraging, the Chinese
national soccer team
Concord,
national soccer team
as well as
China Super League (soccer league)
All stakeholders in the league, however, face challenges as a result. The fixtures show that
national soccer team
The first matches of the 12-round tournament will start on September 2 and end on March 29 the following year. Among them, the first six rounds of the tournament will be concentrated in September, October and November this year. As the Chinese team 12 rounds of matches "home, away" alternating, the first round and the fourth round will be away against the second and third gear teams. From a strategic point of view, the six matches of the year, especially the two away matches, may largely affect
national soccer team
s overall performance, so the coaching staff has paid special attention to the quality of preparation for this period. Head coach Li Tie has sent a letter to the Chinese
national soccer team
The Association made a proposal to start the next training session early.
It is reported that there is an ongoing dialog with the
national soccer team
China, which is under quarantine observation in Suzhou.
national soccer team
Association President Chen Xuyuan also listened to the preparatory team of the working league, the association league department on the season
China Super League (soccer league)
Report on the work of the league's remaining tournament programs.
However, the impact of the epidemic and
national soccer team
Big 12 preparation and other factors affecting the
China Super League (soccer league)
There is still no clear plan for the operation of the league. According to
national soccer team
The recommendation of the coaching staff, the team plans to advance the new training to mid-August, which means that the whole team needs to be guaranteed at least two weeks of training time before the start of the Top 12 tournament. This means
China Super League (soccer league)
League play will be suspended in mid-August.
According to the anti-epidemic regulations, the Chinese team will need to undergo at least 14 days of collective closed quarantine after returning home late at night on June 17 Beijing time, and then face seven days of autonomous quarantine, so they will not be able to return to their clubs until around July 8 at the earliest. As a result.
China Super League (soccer league)
The sixth round of the first phase of the league will not start until mid-July at the earliest.
According to normal estimates, from mid-July through mid-August.
China Super League (soccer league)
The league is likely to play around 6 rounds of matches at most. Based on a full season of 30 rounds, half of the matches will not even be completed within this stage. And since
national soccer team
will be preparing for, and playing in, the Round of 12 in September, October and November, so the internationals will not be able to participate during that time either
China Super League (soccer league)
League.
It should be noted that by the time the 6th round of the 12-team tournament is completed on November 16th, the
China Super League (soccer league)
Even if the league runs across the year, it will be difficult to complete nearly 2/3 of the remaining schedule. the last four rounds of the 12-team tournament will be scheduled for January 27, February 1, March 24, and March 29 of the following year, and the next season of the AFC Champions League will also start around March of the following year. If
national soccer team
Regrouping ahead of the Round of 12 Round 7 match, then this season's
China Super League (soccer league)
The league must be over by mid-January at the latest, if not early the following year. In such a short period of time, the
China Super League (soccer league)
The league will be an almost impossible task to complete 30 rounds of matches unless the internationals collectively give up playing in the remaining
China Super League (soccer league)
League. From the point of view of the rules of competition, this arrangement is also not conducive to the adjustment of the state of the national football players. In addition, the weather and the organization of the tournament can not be ignored.
Reducing the schedule to 22 rounds is another option proposed by the preparatory team of the working league. In other words.
China Super League (soccer league)
After the first phase of the league tournament, the top 4 teams and bottom 4 teams in each of the two divisions play the remaining 8 rounds of the second phase. However, once the
national soccer team
The next training session starts early, then before the Big 12 tournament
China Super League (soccer league)
The league can only play about 11 rounds at most. From the end of Round 6 of the Top 12 on Nov. 16 to mid-January of the following year, there are less than two months at most. And with the internationals still needing to recuperate after returning from the Round of 12 matches, then 11 rounds of
China Super League (soccer league)
The answer to whether the league can be completed in the meantime is obvious.
It is understood that, in the face of a variety of intertwined practical difficulties, involved in the discussion of the work of the league, there are people proposed "C program", that is, the whole season
China Super League (soccer league)
The 30 rounds of matches will be halved to 15 rounds and a single round robin system will be adopted. Such an arrangement may be more conducive to meeting the demand for fair play on the surface, but the drastic reduction in the size of the tournament will cause great damage to the league's image and brand appeal, and I'm afraid that all parties, including the league's commercial partners, will find it difficult to withstand such a result.
It is reported that
China Super League (soccer league)
The 6th round of league matches will be played around July 18 at the earliest, while the 5th round will see Guangzhou playing against Henan Songshan Longmen, Beijing
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The team's two matches against the other team will be played first in round 6. Regardless of
China Super League (soccer league)
How the rest of the league's games will run is predictable with the extremely tight schedule.
